"Honey wagon" is a facetious traditional general term for "a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure"[1], such as a cesspool emptier, which serves as a sanitation system including at campgrounds and marinas. The operator connects a hose to the discharge outlet on the recreational vehicle or boat and pumps the waste into the wagon's tank. When the tank is full, the operator should empty the tank at an approved dump station.

Film and television industry

In the film and television industry a honeywagon is a mobile toilet unit used in the film and television industry. The legend behind the name 'honeywagon' is thought to relate to the 'honey-colored' liquid that comes out of it when emptying the holding tanks.[citation needed] Many are the size of a semi trailer. Some honeywagons will be just two large toilets. Others are a combination of variously sized rooms for specific purposes: these rooms can be private dressing rooms assigned to a single person, larger rooms configured for the wardrobe, or makeup departments, small individual toilets for the crew to share, and multiple user or individual shower rooms for bathing.

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